Hundreds of builders, plumbers, electricians have descended on a terraced house in Mildenhall ready to transform it.

The home belongs to Simon Dobbin and his family, the Cambridge United fan left with brain damage after a brutal attack following an away game in Southend two and a half years ago.

Now, the family are getting help from the DIY SOS team to revamp and reconstruct their home to give Simon the privacy he needs and also give them space to be a family again.

The trades were eager to get started on the build

Since coming out of hospital in March last year, The former RAF man has had to live in the dining room and Nicole has been washing him by filling bowls of water in the kitchen and running them to him since returning to the home which is not fit for purpose.

Paul Leonard, Tom Claydon and Matt Bland from Munro Building Services in Cambridge

"As soon as we found out about the project we just wanted to be a part of it and to help the family out," said Paul Leonard from Munro.

"We were fully aware of the story and so it was a great opportunity to try to do something for them."

Matt Bland, an electrician for the firm, said: "It's fairly shocking how dramatically life can change, how anyone's life can change. To be able to hopefully rectify some of that is a brilliant opportunity."

Ally Burrows, who owns the company, said: "We just thought it was amazing.

"We'd seen on the news what was happening with Simon. The fact that he's RAF as well helps because obviously we're all military background as well so that helped us make the decision that we'd like to be involved."

She added: "This is amazing to see all these people here, it makes you feel that there is some nice people still around, all you see on the news now is horrible things. "